By-Laws of the
Missouri Rehabilitation Association

Article I – Name
The name of this Association shall be the Missouri Rehabilitation Association.

Article II – Mission

The mission of the Missouri Rehabilitation Association is to promote an environment in the State of Missouri which gives persons with disabilities a fair opportunity to achieve quality of life through:

• Promotion and support of appropriate legislation and adequate funding,

• Promotion of quality of services provided.

• Promotion of research and training.

• Promotion of public awareness in education.

• Promotion of goals and purposes of the National Rehabilitation Association.

This mission of the Missouri Rehabilitation Association shall be carried out by activities such as:

• Provide, through conference on a state level, a forum for the discussion of all the problems relating to total rehabilitation persons with disabilities.

• Encourage an interdisciplinary approach to problems of rehabilitation through maximum use of knowledge and skills of all professions.

• Increase public understanding to the social and economic gain to individuals and to the State through providing opportunities for all persons with disabilities in Missouri to become self-sufficient, self-supporting and contributing members of society.

Article III – Definitions

For the purpose of these By-Laws:

1) Association shall mean the Missouri Rehabilitation Association.

2) State shall mean the State of Missouri.

3) Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Missouri Rehabilitation Association unless otherwise specified.

4) NRA shall mean the National Rehabilitation Association

5) GPR shall mean the Great Plains Regional Association.

Article IV – Boundaries

The boundaries of the area covered by the Association shall be the same as those of the State.